Autograph on the slab

Autos4Alex

Some guy on ebay has posted a few nice cards with the autograph on the slab:
Pete Rose Rookie
Reggie Jackson Rookie

I'm just curious what everyone's opinion is on this. Personally I think I'd prefer the card itself be autographed, but it is sort of a neat idea. Thoughts?

zep33

I like them

vladguerrero

like em too

Stone193

I would guess ya gotta be really careful not to smear the sig?

Since the card is a 5? I would rather have a nice pen sig on the card - but hey - that's what's great about the hobby - there's something for everyone.

SDSportsFan

I like those better than the ttm autograph a board member got a few months ago. I forget who the player was, but the collector sent a card in a top loader to the player, and the player signed the top loader.

Steve

thenavarro

I don't like them. I'd just crack it and get the card signed and then get it reslabbed again.

Mike

Smuggo

I don't collect signed plastic, I collect signed cards, this is not a signed card. But hey, we're all different.

Elemenopeo

<< <i>I like those better than the ttm autograph a board member got a few months ago. I forget who the player was, but the collector sent a card in a top loader to the player, and the player signed the top loader.

Steve >>


I had that happen on one of my first TTMs about 4 years ago... I think the stupid noobie note I put on the holder may have directly led to the confusion. That cost me 10 bones.

brendanb438

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<< <i>I like those better than the ttm autograph a board member got a few months ago. I forget who the player was, but the collector sent a card in a top loader to the player, and the player signed the top loader.

Steve >>


I had that happen on one of my first TTMs about 4 years ago... I think the stupid noobie note I put on the holder may have directly led to the confusion. That cost me 10 bones.


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I just spilled my drink all over a bunch of cards after seeing that. That is too damn funny.

leathtech

I don't like the signed case... seems kind of silly to me.

thenavarro

Hank Aaron's secretary did this to my TTM request:



At the time, I was bummed that the sleeve was signed, however, when I found out it was secretarial, I was glad they didn't screw my card up by signing it.

Now my Aaron rookie looks like this with a nice authentic Aaron sig on it:

K

Had the grades been better I'd like them.

I wouldn't want to risk a crackout on a high $ card just to get a sig on it, when you know that 9 times out of 10 the guy signing it couldn't care less about a dinged corner or nicking up the edge with his nail while picking it up off the table.

This way you get the high end card plus a sig without risking damage to the card. Its not like you're going to remove the card from the holder anyway.

VegasBaby

Signing the slab seems to be a growing trend, I have started to see more and more of these on eBay. It's one way to get a nice card "signed" without having the signer touch and potentially damage the card. I just wonder if the sigs on the slabs will fade or still look good in 10-20 years?

scashaggy

<< <i> I just wonder if the sigs on the slabs will fade or still look good in 10-20 years? >>



If people remember, in '96 Pinnacle came out with Laserview plastic auto'd cards. They have been pretty bad for fading.

Here a few examples.

billwaltonsbeard

fkw

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